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;) | INLAND-ISLAND, Bermuda postmark The K3a "3" duplex cds portion dated C/FE 1 88 on QV 6d mauve (SG.7), marked alongside "ex Papworth". £36 |
;) ;) | K1 "14" (inverted watermark), Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1d pale rose CROWN CC INVERTED wmk (SG.2w), some trimmed perfs but an extraordinary and extremely rare combination. £400 |
;) | ST. GEORGES (normal watermark), Bermuda postmark (H1) B/JU 11 89 on normal wmk QV ½d stone (SG.19), part extra cds rim at right. This cds also dated B/JU 11 89 also exists on the QV ½d stone INVERTED CC wmk (SG.19w) £48 |
;) | ST. GEORGES (inverted watermark), Bermuda postmark (H1) B/JU 11 89 on Crown CC INVERTED wmk QV ½d stone (SG.19w, Cat.£225), part extra cds rim at left. Ludington Page 141 states "the St. Georges Type H1 appears to have been used mainly as a transit or arrival datestamp, for unlike the Hamilton Type H1 few have been recorded cancelling adhesives". Geoff Osborn also considered examples as very rare, however in view of the frequency of this date with INVERTED WATERMARK plus traces of further datestamps at edges one must consider that these came from a large multiple perhaps cancelled-to-order. This date also exists with NORMAL WATERMARK (scarcer) £125 |
;) | ST. GEORGES (inverted watermark), Bermuda postmark (H1) B/JU 11 89 on Crown CC INVERTED wmk QV ½d stone (SG.19w, Cat.£225), trace of extra rim cancel at left. Ludington Page 141 states "the St. Georges Type H1 appears to have been used mainly as a transit or arrival datestamp, for unlike the Hamilton Type H1 few have been recorded cancelling adhesives". Geoff Osborn also considered examples as very rare, however in view of the frequency of this date with INVERTED WATERMARK plus traces of further datestamps at edges one must consider that these came from a large multiple perhaps cancelled-to-order. This date also exists with NORMAL WATERMARK (scarcer) £130 |
;) | ST. GEORGES (inverted watermark), Bermuda postmark (H1) B/JU 11 89 on Crown CC INVERTED wmk QV ½d stone (SG.19w, Cat.£225), part extra cds at left and trace rim of further strike at base. Ludington Page 141 states "the St. Georges Type H1 appears to have been used mainly as a transit or arrival datestamp, for unlike the Hamilton Type H1 few have been recorded cancelling adhesives". Geoff Osborn also considered examples as very rare, however in view of the frequency of this date with INVERTED WATERMARK plus traces of further datestamps at edges one must consider that these came from a large multiple perhaps cancelled-to-order. This date also exists with NORMAL WATERMARK (scarcer) £125 |
;) | WARWICK-EAST, Bermuda postmark (H5) 30 AP 1909 on 2d Dock (SG.39). £15 |
;) | WARWICK-WEST, Bermuda postmark (H5) dated A/JA 20 1896 on vertical pair QV 6d dull mauve (SG.7). £36 |
;) | ST.G used ST. GEORGES, Bermuda postmark (P5) dated 2 FE 70 contrary to regulations on QV 1/- green CC wmk (SG.8), several defects. £48 |
;) | 7 used ST. JAMES, Barbados postmark (C2) bootheel on QV 4d grey (SG.97), perf. fault. £20 |
;) | BARBADOS postal history 1953 Fishery Products 4-colour combination foolscap cover to Bridgetown with Canada 7c pmk'd St. John's, Newfoundland, tax handstamps and 1c pair, 2c (fault), 6c Postage Dues added pmk'd GPO REGISTRATION dated 28 DE 53. £140 |
;) | YORK & LANCASTER REGIMENT, Barbados postal history 1890 (trace of postmark) portion of a Soldiers Letter with QV 1d (SG.92) tied by open bootheel. The York & Lancaster Regiment was a line of infantry regiment officially formed in 1881 through the amalgamation of the 65th and the 84th Regiment of Foot during the Childers Reforms £40 |
;) | MANGROVE-BAY, Bermuda postmark the cds portion of the K3 "4" duplex dated A/MR 27 84 on 1881 QV 3d yellow-buff CC wmk (SG.10). £60 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | BAHAMAS postal history 1909 destruction by earthquake of Myrtle Bank Hotel, Jamaica Post Card to Irvington, N.J. with KE7 1d tied purple Hamburg-American Line/Atlas Service PRINZ AUGUST WILHELM d/ring oval dated APR 15 1909, Pitch Lake, Trinidad sticker added by sender. £200 |
;) | LATE RE-INTRODUCTION OF THE QV 1d CARMINE, Bahamas postal history 1911 cover to Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada with 1890 QV 1d (SG.49) pmk'd TARPUM-BAY (T.1) dated C/OC 20 11, this currently a unique cover with re-introduced use of the QV 1d during the KGV reign (KE7 having been monarch period JA 22 1901 - MY 6 1910). The late uses of the QV 1d are currently confined to the period MY 20 11 to JA 28 12. Examples are far from common but are recorded for Bimini, Clarence Town L.I., Deadman's Cay, Fresh Creek, George Town (LRD), Green Turtle Cay, Inagua, Mangrove Cay, Mastic Point, Nicholls-Town, Rock Sound, Rum Cay, Spanish Wells (ERD), Tarpum-Bay, "The Bight", Watlings £425 |
;) | 3 code used ST. PHILIP, Barbados postmark (M2-0) dated 3/MR 4 with 8 for year on QV 1d (SG.92). The only recorded example with single digit year, slots nicely for year 86 use £28 |
;) | ST. PHILIP, Barbados postmark (M3) inverted code 3/SP 26 03 on 1d Seal (SG.107), currently the only recorded date with this variety. £12 |
;) | BARBADOS postal history 1893 cover to Major McCracken DAAG c/o Powell Spring House, near Bathsheba with pair 1d Seal pmk'd open bootheel duplex dated A/JU 24 93, light ST. JOSEPH 6/JU 24 93 arrival. Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick William Nicholas McCracken KCB, DSO (1859-1949) of the Royal Berkshire Regiment resided at Banyan, The Garrison, Barbados where he was Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG) 1892-97. £35 |
;) | K3 "4", Bermuda postmark on QV 3d grey (SG.28). £8 |
;) | K4 "3", Bermuda postmark on QV 3d grey (SG.28) showing positioning of duplex cds. £9 |